10 Utterly Ridiculous Comic Book Weaknesses

Kryptonite is somewhat acceptable. These are not.
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[@kyleg1912]

You forgot Batman was drinking Lemonade when he beat Green Lantern

[@moseschong33]

Nice Blood Bourne profile pic, I've got dark souls 3 wanna smite tanking invaders together?

[@JamsHehe]

Who said it was lemonade. Wink Wink

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

Jams Hehe ye, it could be pineapple soda

[@probablyryan8151]

Is this the universe where batmans alter ego is bear grills?

[@mercce6750]

@@NeedyBoBeedy nah it was vitamin C. *kappa*

[@AtheistPilgrim]

Weakness to iron is a traditional fairy (elves included) weakness.

[@thedragon1363]

still tho, that means they're not really a threat to any human society past the bronze age

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

The Dragon which is why the Fey don’t rule out world today. Also it’s specifically cold iron.

[@Never_heart]

@@thedragon1363 that's literally what the folklore says. It was humanities mastery of iron that forced the fey to hide within the wild places.

[@thedragon1363]

Im just that it is a ridiculous weakness for a comic race to have, if that race is supposed to be a viable enough threat to modern day humanity, that we need superheroes like thor to stop them. I understand it works in folklore, just not comics.

[@Never_heart]

@@thedragon1363 oh ya completely. There is a good reason that even in real Norse myths they barely are more than referenced. For context we have no surviving descriptions of what dark elves look like and only the most basic descriptions of their realm. It really makes for unintimidating antagonists

[@doginhat13]

Everyone's weaknesses is fire it's fucking fire

[@majortom5049]

but not everyone freaks out over a damn candle

[@ShadowWingTronix]

Maybe it's a question of how flammable a symbiote is?

[@SetoP0is0n]

Robot chicken?

[@doginhat13]

@@SetoP0is0n yes

[@Alex-rn3jv]

Ever heard of water?

[@JogVodka]

I can't believe Power Girl could just be beaten by pocket sand

[@EyeLikeZer0]

So can Dennis, Mac and Charlie.

[@daiseanbrooks7246]

Everybody gangsta til the villain goes Shk a shk ahhhh

[@peterstoric6560]

Jog Vodka she is literally allergic to nature

[@connorcochran3747]

No starwars refrence disgusting

[@interhistoria5632]

It's course, gritty, and it gets everywhere.

[@miskatonic763]

As Batman said to Martian Manhunter, "All I need to take you down is a match".

[@loganshaw9198]

Martian manhunter weakness fire.

[@kingjulian.r5748]

All Batman needs to take down Superman is a shinny rock

[@miskatonic763]

Yep, or mess with his memory, "Identity Crisis"

[@CaseyDplays]

Or chooco cookies!

[@miskatonic763]

Martian Manhunter loves his cookies, however they're not a weakness, more like a blissful addiction.

[@Runescope]

Wonder Woman's weakness of being tied up by a man stems from the character being created by a guy into BDSM. True story, it's Googlable.

[@KAXSH]

True

[@filippofittipaldi8050]

Yes, William Marston, also a co-creator of the polygraph, was a freak. He loved his mistress's giant bracelets and tying her up.

[@masterofdragons82]

And bullets

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

ye, the guy who narrates the marvel tl:dr has a channel where he basically explained the creation of wonder woman

[@melindathomas4138]

That's an over simplification. The bracelets were a symbol of the amazons previous servitude to Heracles. The idea is if a man bound/enslaved an Amazon she is powerless- a woman’s power comes from her freedom from male dominance. The BDSM imagery is a metaphor for Marston’s feminism.

[@Lrbearclaw]

I give the Dark Elf weakness of iron a pass because in mythology, feykin are stripped of their magic by cold iron.

[@manchick7648]

Cold iorn how abuot chili iron

[@DrPluton]

Batman is weak against bullets. Checkmate, WhatCulture Comics.

[@SuperCityMania]

Bulletproof batsuit: I’m about to ruin this man’s whole career

[@Satan-nw4lv]

Mech Batsuit: **laughs while taking a beatdown from Superman**

[@gilnech9310]

without enough skill to dodge them which he has

[@dickthekiller]

Not a comic weakness: the Sidhe in Celtic mythology do not like iron.

[@kevinmorrice]

most faerie folk

[@TheGuitarRocker200]

Ok

[@ronanokane4068]

They actually made comics from celtic myths. Chu chulainn etc

[@lschnitzer7770]

Also Fairy type Pokemon are weak to Steel type for that reason

[@macdallanzero2145]

Cold iron according to some.

[@eingoluq]

Batman weeknesses: "Martha"

[@cristianpalaguachi4093]

Rakerooo 1 MARTHA

[@lojika1majik]

The one colorblind lantern: I am inevitable

[@mr.obscurity7678]

Ah yes the Gray lantern, some say his power is only as good as his ability to see color

[@battleblaster4203]

Actually they'd be screwed as they would never know when their power wouldn't work It's not "if they see the color yellow the power doesn't work " its"the color yellow prevents the power from working" MAJOR difference Sorry nerd momentL

[@lojika1majik]

Mickie Roerty who said he was green? I thought he would be Gray.

[@battleblaster4203]

@@lojika1majik I'm an idiot But that be worse since they wouldn't know how to counter any of the other lanterns except white and black as he couldn't tell what ring they wore unless they were told what color they were

[@lojika1majik]

Mickie Roerty yeah, but it’s a joke. I’m not taking it seriously.

[@dr.spycrab4089]

Who would win? An Alan Scott and Power Girl team up Or A dude with a tree branch

[@yousefkaldany2779]

The dude wielding a big old tree branch for sure

[@ChryssaBL]

Dark elves weakness to iron is way older than comic books.

[@CloudHiro]

@Fae Trick yeah but it specifically has to be 'cold iron'. and in a society where iron anything is rare nowadays as we moved on to steel tungsten and synthetics...

[@adamperham2000]

Why does he mention specifically captain marvel Jr. Though? Isn't that shazam's weekness too? And wouldn't he be more recognisable?

[@ccggenius]

Yeah, but Freddie is a cripple. At least Batson can run away at the speed of a boy. Personally, I'm baffled that it's ranked lower than Mxyzptlk, seeing as saying your name HAS to happen more frequently than saying it backwards...

[@noncompliant209cali]

Shazam can say his name now though. He has to say Shazam with purpose to transform

[@Vagus32000]

To OP: Shazam being Captain Marvel’s name is a very recent, and very stupid, change to the character. For around 80 years Shazam wasn’t his name.

[@endless3cho]

Is it really a weakness when you can just say it again?

[@Lorkanthal]

@@endless3cho not to mention it seems like it is also one of his most powerful attacks if he manages to get the opponent between him and the lightning bolt.

[@tylerd612]

Shazam's weakness is pretty nice tho. It makes for very comical situations and at the same time humbles him too. Rest all are on point.

[@Custerd1]

He’s used it as a weapon, too.

[@diegomedina9637]

I like how you can use a single number 2 pencil to beat 2 different generation of green lanterns.

[@theAnalogManifesto]

The Mxyzptlk one sounds real similar to the rumpelslitskin tale

[@dylang1138]

Honestly, wouldn't be surprised if that was the inspiration. The two characters are fairly similar.

[@loganshaw9198]

I like the superman vs Mxyzptlk. Superman has to use his brain instead of brawn.

[@raginggiant689]

Dark elves being weak to iron make sense. In original myth fairies elves and other mythical beings are weak to iron. The main exception is dwarves and that's why they are special.

[@GabePuratekuta]

That's because dwarves are weak to seeing the open sky. Just like a cat raised primarily indoors.

[@refusingtoconform]

Gladiator is literally Magento with a wooden gun.

[@cecilrhodes2153]

Meta Breakers a wooden gun...

[@offlinemedia1784]

“Oh no!? You took away my magnetic powers!!” “No Magneto! It was a wooden gun!!!!!!”

[@youngshmurda4233]

I’m so glad Someone else remember that

[@dallinfeatherstone]

The entire DCEU's weakness: live-action films

[@karenstarr]

Tell that to the shitload of money they made.

[@unknownuser8967]

@@karenstarr and now compare that to the MCU.

[@janq483]

Joker >>>>> Endgame

[@firecrakerj3312]

Jangles no, Shazam!>>>>>>>>Endgame

[@HunterHerne]

@@firecrakerj3312 Shazam was good. So was Aquaman. But in terms of profit, (that is, money made after production costs and advertising), Joker is looking to have made more money than Endgame did, because it cost so little to make, and essentially had a spree of free advertising with the controversy. All three were good, though, and all in a row for DC movies. And they all shared one important detail: They weren't shackled down by Zack Snyder's world building choices.

[@mattflatt670]

The weakness to iron comes from mythology as many an evil being has this weakness

[@paulellington1505]

Sean your my living wiki guide lol keep up the great work.

[@TheGateShallStand]

I'm invincible, but my weakness is death.

[@jeremygilbert7989]

A minor thing but a pet peeve of mine, as Gilbert Gottfried clarified when playing him, it's pronounced "Mix, yes, spit, lick!"

[@taylorlamothe9632]

Ewan we appreciate your amazing concepts, comic knowledge, and videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@andrewmorton7482]

Loved he reference to Captain Marvel Jnr saying his name backward and noting that's exactly the trope Alan Moore used with Kid Marvelman / Miracleman.

[@sonicsaiyan07]

Mxyzptlk's name is pronounced 'Mix-yes-spit-lick'

[@mista_fur3346]

Yes miss please lick.

[@loganshaw9198]

How is it pronounced backwards?

[@sonicsaiyan07]

@@loganshaw9198 'Kill-tip-see-zim'

[@Toradak]

I thought it was 'Mix-yiz-pitl-ik'? That's how I remember the animated series pronouncing it.

[@sonicsaiyan07]

@@Toradak Well, that's how Superman says it, but I remember Mxyzptlk himself saying "Mix, yes, spit, lick" in the Animated series after Superman first pronounced it incorrectly

[@digunder14]

to be fair, the green lanturn weakness was originally silly, but later was given a decent reason to why it existed

[@letsanimateit1676]

And that is?

[@loganshaw9198]

The yellow ring of fear/ yellow lantern.

[@impulsewraith3419]

Yeah

[@chupapi7620]

But when they fight yellow lanterns they still can win but when they fight a normal guy in a yellow shirt they lose, how does that work?

[@loganshaw9198]

@@chupapi7620 I think they toned it down.

[@SpectralKnight]

I do get the sonic weakness and the fire to some degree. Venom is capable of surviving freaking space so the symbiote has a rather extreme cold resistance, so why would they develop fire immunization? Still a lighter is a bit much

[@neorenamon]

You'd think by now, Mister myxlplyx would have simply changed the rules he made himself and give him a new weakness that isn't so hard for anyone to trick him into doing.

[@52flyingbicycles]

neorenamon he isn’t trolling Superman to win, he’s trolling him for fun! Mr. Myxlplyx set his rules, he CHOOSES to abide by them.

[@hazelmarieb9934]

Alan Scott is out of the closet now so it looks like wood makes him stronger now, eeeeeyyy!!!!

[@OddSpaceGhost]

I am the most powerful being ever created, the weakness though is for it to work; every person on the planet must blink simultaneously. Soooo it hasn’t happened but I assure you if it ever does.. oooh boy! 🤣🤣😂

[@loganshaw9198]

Everyone gets sand in there eyes.

[@loganshaw9198]

Or dirt but what are the chances.

[@cjhs2006]

I Actually Kinda Get Why Green Lanterns Would be Weak Against The Color Yellow,Isn’t Yellow Supposed to be The Color of Fear?,But What’s With The Weakness to Wood?It’s Just Wood,Can’t he Just Think of Something Like a Shield to Deflect it?

[@Eiweing]

The Dark elf weakness is actually not ridiculous, but is rooted in original Scandinavian superstition :)

[@JeffBuilds]

4:40, yeah, and Wonder Woman was inspired/ modeled after her creator's mistress.

[@Gojiro7]

there is a great line in Batman the Brave and the bold where Guy Gardner is having an argument with Alan Scott over whose weakness is stupider with guy asking him what Alan would do if he came at him with a stick, his response was to snatch it and clobber Guy with it XD

[@cjhs2006]

I Actually Preferred Myzxtlplik in Smallville Instead of Getting Him to Say His Name Backwards They Used a Recording of Locusts to Weaken Him,I Think They Got How Lame Getting Him to Say His Name Backwards Was,so They Just Went With That

[@offlinemedia1784]

My weaknesses: 1. Pocket Sand 2. The High Ground 3. The Joestar’s secret technique 4. Sunlight 5. Copper Edit: I forgot that I was defeated by lining a observatory in copper. Then having said observatory blown to bits by a couple missiles

[@maxmottram8612]

Metro man

[@austinaxley81]

Elves being weak to iron actually comes from myth, not just comics. In Irish mythology faeries, including elves, could be driven off by raw iron. (This possibly stems from the magnetic properties of some iron isotopes being seen as mystical) this also led to certain items being "lucky" like horseshoes. As it only takes a cursory glance at old fairy tales to know that fairies are very bad luck.

[@mdtalhaansari1096]

"SO, I can take them both out with a No. 2 pencil?"

[@Groundlord]

The Green Lanterns being weak to the color yellow does make a little bit of sense, since yellow is the color associated with fear when the various Lantern Corps come in.

[@sird2333]

The yellow weakness in the Green Lanterns rings was put there to prevent them from getting TOO powerful. A sillier weakness was the originals ring’s resistance to wood (even funnier after he “came out” a while ago)

[@dr.strangebat9397]

Alan Scott's weakness is freaking wood? WOOOOOOD?!?!?!?!?!?!? Why do I get flashbacks to those aliens that couldn't open wooden doors...

[@Custerd1]

Remember the aliens in Alien Nation, who suffered chemical burns from seawater?

[@omarreyes7626]

#10 is the folklore weakness of most Fae creatures that include pixies, fairies and dark elves.

[@liamsanborn5849]

Number 10: dark elves, Iron Me: yes, because there elves. Elves get burned by iron, like fairies.

[@southafricanplebgamer9192]

Imagine Thor in Ragnorok if he lost all power after a minute.

[@ABadassDragon]

Back in the day, when you could beat Green Lantern with a yellow pencil

[@bermudabeachbum3582]

You could beat BOTH Green Lanterns with that.

[@masterofdragons82]

@@bermudabeachbum3582 Does that mean, when im hold a pencil, I'm plane level? O_o

[@davepatois297]

Great, now that wonder womans tying weakness is gone i can finally enjoy some of this bondage porn knowing it is 100% legit

[@dylanogg347]

Green Lanterns are trained to fight against their weakness. In a Booster Gold story, Booster travelled back in time to a point where Sinestro was still a Green Lantern. He thought that his mostly Gold suit would keep him safe. But Sinestro used the environment around them to fight back; tossing bricks from a building at him for starters. And ASBAR is yet another uber-masculine Bat-Fantasy from Frank Miller boasting about how Batman is totally not gay and that everyone else is lame because they don't follow him. And Hal was written with his usual common sense. If he was, he would go outside, picked up a car, dropped it in Steve's warehouse, and beaten the crap out of him.

[@tysondennis1016]

What’s worse: Batman trolling Green Lantern with his colour weakness or Stripper Sue Storm? And, if you want to defeat Power Girl, take her out camping. Also, if you wanna take on both Green Lanterns, fight with wooden weapons painted yellow.

[@shawnmotley1898]

I don't consider Thor's weakness as silly because Odin was trying to humble Thor. That was the reasoning behind the whole Donald Blake alter ego.

[@Lucky-qg6mu]

But they removed the weakness, so, now he doesn't any physical weakness

[@Ando1428]

@@Lucky-qg6mu well thats not exactly true. His new weakness is self esteem. If he questions himself on being a god then mylonir can decide at anytime hes not worthy. Infact he is immensly scared of losing his hammer again.

[@Lucky-qg6mu]

@@Ando1428 dude every hero's weakness is either self esteem or EGO, GLADIATOR THE SENTRY they all do according to their mindset

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@Ando1428 not true actually, because Mjolnir itself was sentient and Fury wasn't convincing Thor, he was convincing the hammer. Which was only confirmed in its mind because Thor himself agreed. It was a very specific circumstance.

[@Ando1428]

@@LupineShadowOmega yeah but thor had to hear it. Two issues ago of avengers has a scene were thor keeps picking up his hammer. His thought bubbles kept asking whether he could pick up the hammer again so he kept picking it up.

[@violagreene4643]

The reason the GLC is vulnerable to yellow is pure symbolism. A being without fear, taken down by the color of fear.

[@A-Microwave]

with the green lanterns the reason for the weakness to yellow was explained, the power source was also used as a prison for the avatar of fear, and fear is represented by the colour yellow, like sinestro's power, thus making a weak spot in the power source to the colour that represents fear

[@ralphso5567]

Precisely.

[@yuritzenpresents3113]

Symbiotes can also be vulnerable to hyper sonics. Like a church bell.

[@trialanderror9575]

Imagine being Powergirl and running into tree branch

[@lordzamasuvegetablackfusio9773]

Imagine being Powergirl and inhaling some sand from the wind.

[@bigtrolly]

1:28 "Dark furry magic", the worst magic of them all

[@drakemorris1079]

Venom gains somewhat of an immunity, like how some people can survive poison after being subjected to it enough, so the weakness isn't as bad as it seems

[@Sereomontis]

I think number 5 should replace Venom for Martian Manhunter. Fire is a weakness of both of them. It's a bit weirder for Martian Manhunter though, as he's more powerful than Venom, by a large margin. Often shown as being on par with Superman, with the addition of telepathic and telekinetic abilities. Yet in spite of his massive powers, as Batman himself said "I have a $70,000 sliver of radioactive meteor to stop the one from metropolis. With you, all I'd need is a penny for a book of matches".

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Only if he got to use said matchbook, harder than you'd think against a guy that can mentally manipulate an entire planet at once. If he wanted, he could erase the idea of fire from the minds of everyone. So by comparison, not so big of a weakness.

[@jamesmacleod9382]

Everybody is vulnerable to fire. Venom: loud sound, drag him to a Ted Nugent concert

[@crisla69]

Martian manhunters weakness to fire is physiological though hes gets ptsd from it or whatever cause of the white martian war he saw his family being burned alive

[@ahedjehad8514]

@@jamesmacleod9382 or hell, ANY concert in general. the decibel level of a concert is 120 if i remember correctly. and 120 decibel is quite loud for us humans. now imagine what that would do to Venom...

[@LudaChez]

@@crisla69 yeah I think in recent comics he's not as vulnerable to it. But pure PTSD. In Justice League War the animated one he's lit on fire for a long time but all it does is take him out of commission and he doesn't die. He even acknowledges the weakness himself many times as being really stupid.

[@protorhinocerator142]

If Gladiator loses power when he's unsure of himself, he needs to hook up with the Wizard Shazam to get Captain Marvel powers, including the confidence of Achilles. He might not need the rest of it.

[@ajstone6226]

He hit us with the “You hate to see it” incredible.

[@andrewdreasler428]

Let's not forget the Hulk's big weakness: puppies. The Hulk LOVES puppies, and being near them, or, better yet, being covered by them, makes him feel happy and content. His strength comes from his rage. Happy = no rage, no rage = no strength. He's likely to completely revert into Doc Banner.

[@hdofu]

Superman is vulnerable to magic... which writers just most often happen to default to hitting him with lightning to signify it's magic.... also rich people in the DC universes seem to have some sort of kryptonite black market they have access to given it's supposed to be an ultra rare substance yet comes in about a baskin robins selection of weird flavors that can do everything from make kryptonians turn into assholes to straight up die. Superman's biggest vulnerability however is even he has no idea how strong he is because he's so used to holding back that he's not always sure when he's giving his all.

[@chrisjimenez2192]

I really wanna cosplay as Power Girl &/or Wonder Woman lol

[@XX-sp3tt]

Actually, if you read the WELL WRITTEN comics, it's shown Green Lanterns are FULLY AWARE of their weakness to the color yellow... and have trained to work AROUND IT... as Booster Gold painfully found out when he fought Green Lantern Sinistro!

[@awesomevidsinc.withnfl451g8]

Hes wrong about venom, he is weak to fire, because it causes hes symbiotic matter to burn to ashes, however he is only afraid of small fires like a lighter because of the fear of both even a small patch of his body burning, as well as being afraid of the thought of it spreading across his entire body, thus when spidey help the daily bugle torch, he ran, but was not defeated in the same sense as the other characters on this list

[@antwan1357]

I actually had a conversation with a comic book writer long ago about batman doing to green lantern long ago with the colour yellow , the part that surprised me was he kept the part about batman sipping lemonade. Which told me it he really did it and it wasn't just a fluke coincidence. I'm glad they retconned the colour yellow weakness out though it didn't make sense.

[@derpionderpson1424]

I genuinely despise the concept of Mxyzptlk... if him coming from a dimension where the laws of nature is different means he isn’t effected by the laws of nature when he comes here, then that implies that any being traveling cross dimension is only effected by the laws on nature that their home dimension has, which would in effect mean a whole lot of villains should be a lot stronger then they are and a lot of solutions to those villains shouldn’t work... I get that he’s a joke character, but he is made in such a way that it ruins the setting for a lot of stories.

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

venom has gotten a bit of immunity thanks to being exposed to fire over the years, so it doesn’t hurt him as much as before.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

Venom refuses to come to the UK around November the 5th.

[@JStryker47]

Doesn't the color green consist of yellow and blue?

[@aqwkingchampion13]

If you’re talking pigment, yes. If you’re talking light, no. Talking about light, green plus red equals yellow.

[@ethanfilips3537]

Could the fire thing from venom be more of a fear?

[@crawdadnc479]

Does the Thing getting constantly trolled by the Yancey Street gang count?

[@melindathomas4138]

The amazing word the bracelets initially as a reminder of their servitude to Heracles so WWs bracelet being bound by a man as a weakness does make sense. The idea is enslavement to a man weakens a woman

[@linkholder]

#1 MetroMan's weakness is Copper. After being trapped in an old observatory by his old nemises, Megamind, he was weak enough to be outright killed by a missle.

[@sigmaofOz]

Is this a woosh comment?

[@linkholder]

@@sigmaofOz Perhaps

[@DarkEcho32]

That movie is a gem

[@Sorryiwonnoob]

Why didn’t they just use Captain Marvel instead of captain marvel Jr???

[@ggt47]

True,

[@mechakinggidora]

Which comic is the one where Batman paints himself yellow to scrap with Green Lantern? Is that a Justice League comic or a Batman one?

[@TheTeletrap]

The venom symbiote may have PTSD from being lit on fire. I mean, I’d be terrified of Fire if I got lit on fire.

[@theultimategeordie3207]

tony stark is more like 'gold, titanium alloy man'

[@cloedingman2077]

"So, Green Lanturn what's your weakness?" "Yellow." "Yellow, yellow what?" "The color. Yellow." "..." "... I know." "That's. That's just sad." "I know. Yellow makes me useless. It sucks. I know." "I, I'm gonna go."

[@Fenris30]

I liked the colored weakness for the Green Lanterns cause it made them have to be extra creative when dealing with Sinestro's yellow ring. This to me, must go both ways in a Positive/Negative effect when you bring in the other corps but only for the Secondary color rings. Green (Will) should be weakened by Yellow (Fear) but is Powered up by Blue (Hope) (This is True in the GL cartoon). Violet(Compassion) should be weakened by Red (Rage) but Powered up by Blue (Hope) and Orange (Greed) should be weakened by Red (Rage) but Powered up by yellow (Fear). Primary color rings should have no weaknesses but can't be powered up ether.

[@Mrjoshdance]

Sorry but Superman is what GLADIATOR wants to be when he grows up. Not the other way around. The disrespect towards Supes was huge there

[@johnthebull]

Robin: Fire's his one weakness! Batman: Yeah, fire's everyone's weakness; it's fucking fire

[@rpsnider85]

Yea...most of these were just created to give otherwise invincible characters some relatively easy to exploit weakness. The dumbest ones are the ones that completely ignore the characters abilities....for example Wonder Woman being tied up, there are so few characters that can physically over power her to tie her up in the first place. Magic isn't nearly as effective on her as it is Supes.

[@jessechavez5602]

Solution to the fire thing? Have the symbiote withdraw within its host 😂

[@buhe1]

They had an explanation where it was Parallax who was trapped inside the main battery who was made of fear energy and had some influence where a GL couldn't effect yellow, probably because it saw it as it's symbol, that it was holy, while a GL's true weakness was overwhelming fear, which it's energy was yellow, just like a member of the Sinestro Corps. weakness was overwhelming willpower. I think I read somewhere that Alan Scott's weakness to wood was subconscious, or may because the ring was made out of wood, and he didn't have that weakness when he was Sentinel and the power, the Starheart, came from him, instead of the ring and battery, during that time.

[@ChillyCharizard006]

If you consider the REASON why yellow effects grren lanters, it's far less stupid.

[@orhankocak9279]

I think weakness from iron comes from fey mythology about iron horseshoes or something for dark elves

[@dangerchef8118]

Some of those Wonder Woman panels... :O

[@aaronanglea]

the color yellow wasn't a "weakness" it was a fail safe put in by the Guardians to keep the Green Lanterns from getting TOO powerful in case they went crazy

[@user-xw5xo3bv1n]

> it was a fail safe... Also known as inprisoned in power battery yellow entity of fear. Parallax.

[@Blademanunitpi]

AK Girls (from Reynard City Chronicles) Weakness to Caramell Causing her to inflate. I know most don't know of her but come on that weakness belongs on this list.

[@pocketxyco2317]

Thumbnail: Batman drinks water covered in piss while Green lateren is about to do the biggest BOI ever

[@deepfriedsalt567]

To be fair to the green lanterns, yellow is the colour of fear and cowardice. The exact opposite of the source of their power, their courage and willpower.

[@TheNotoriousHaha]

I saw an ad for the new taika waititi film and I'm honestly more interested about that now.

[@kainlockley]

Actually, the iron weakness of dark elves isn't all that lame. The concept is rooted in Fey/Fae mythology; a weakness to cold iron (or wrought iron).

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

Martian Manhunter's supposed weakness to oreos

[@wiglasgomes2620]

Nah, it's just adictive for matians, MM just weak to fire

[@DarkEcho32]

@@wiglasgomes2620 addiction could be considered a weakness since it could be used against him

[@aelingalathynius3117]

Gladiator is Pennywise level stupid weakness

[@existingpersonyes2028]

Number 10 i felt was dumb since theres a lot of old folk lore about how fairies and other magic beings are weak to iron

[@jakeking974]

So Power Girl can canonically be killed via being buried alive? Crazy, considering she's like Superman level power

[@trappx2]

Super man ain't weak to magic but he is not resistant to it like every thing else..... splitting hairs here but true

[@davidmacko983]

Well if hes immune to every thing but magic and kryptonite then h3s weak to it just like me and u are weak to bullets and marshmallows cant hurt us (unless u got diabetics)

[@trappx2]

@@davidmacko983 quite literally Kryptonite puts him to his knees, he just doesn't have any resistance to magic. Think Pokemon he's resistant to everything except for magic which is only just effective and Kryptonite it's super effective

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Omega Red Extreme Cold a character created in one of the COLDEST places on earth Probably Insurance BUT still